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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
I don't think most places turn on the water until May long weekend. Night still gets pretty cold, are you sure you would want to dewinterize it? I'm not an expert (obviously) so maybe someone else can confirm that part.
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The key is the location of your water pump in relation to your hot water tank. In my trailer both are in the same cupboard, so I am fine. We ran into this last April when we went camping- I was concerned so I placed a digital thermometer in there. It only got as low as 8 degrees, even though it was -5 outside one night. I was trying to figure out why, and I realized that the hot water tank being in the same space allowed some residual heat into the cupboard.
When I got back from the camping trip I kept the cupboard open and had a lamp with a 60 watt bulb burning near the pump. Last spring we didn't have a cold snap; every day had highs above zero. However if there was going to be a cold snap I would have winterized it again. Once you install that bypass I mentioned winterizing is so easy, and for $10 worth of antifreeze it was worth it to have running water on the trip.
Once again, last year Mount Kidd had water available in April; however I would call ahead first to make sure.